ROCKFORD — Siemens Healthineers is expanding its molecular imaging operation in Rockford, investing more than $43.6 million and creating over 90 new jobs at the company’s Dunavant Drive facility over …
“Blount County is too expensive.” Experts say that inventory has recovered, homes are taking longer to sell and buyers have more negotiating power. Yet Realtor.com data showed a median listing …
GREENBACK — Austin Green built his first haunted house in a backyard in 2018, a five-minute setup for neighborhood trick-or-treaters. Eight years later, he manages a seasonal operation with 30 …
Blount County, Alcoa and Maryville are prepared to spend about $20 million for control of the former Alcoa South Plant — and potentially more to determine what replaces it. The …
Charlie Wear locked the door at Dreaming Tree Alternative Wellness Solutions for the last time July 3, ending a nine-year run and adding a Blount County name to the list …
ALCOA — The City of Alcoa joins potential fire truck antitrust litigation as cities face rising costs, delivery delays Alcoa has joined a growing group of local governments pursuing antitrust …
LOUISVILLE — A proposed mixed-use development near Louisville and Topside Road remains in the conceptual stage, but the project is highlighting a larger economic-development challenge for the town. Officials said …
TOWNSEND – Visitor traffic through Townsend has slipped thus far this year, but experts say the decline may say more about an unusually strong 2025 than a weakening local tourism …
Great Smoky Mountains National Park has begun demolishing the recreation building at LeConte Lodge, launching a reconstruction project complicated by the lack of road access to one of the park’s …
Triple F, an athletic development facility that trains youth and adults using individualized testing and coaching, marked its grand opening Monday with a ribbon-cutting at its new location in Midland …
LOUISVILLE – Sixteen Peaks Cattle Company has been named Grand Champion Overall at the inaugural American Akaushi Association Branded Beef Challenge, earning national recognition for the Blount County ranch’s Fullblood …
MARYVILLE — For Blount County parents weighing the cost of a college education against the value of the degree at the end of it, Maryville College is offering a chance …
MARYVILLE — Construction on a new single-story commercial building on Broadway in downtown Maryville is set to begin this month, according to developer James Tomiczek, a partner in the project. …
By Steve Wildsmith, Maryville College No one quite knows why Wiley Rutledge 1914 withdrew from Maryville College a year before he was to have graduated, but the man who would …
The legend goes that it started from the trunk of a car. In 1956, McGhee Tyson was still an active-duty Air Force base, Blount County was largely rural, and the …
Alice Basler has always trusted her instincts. The Maryville real estate professional once closed on a house the same day she saw it. So when she drove past a vacant …
Sylvia Davis did not set out to open a store 10 years ago. She and her husband Barry were driving past a strip center on Topside Road in Louisville one …
Update 6/11/2026 A team of fourth- and fifth-graders from Alcoa Intermediate School travelled to Washington, D.C., this month to win the national championship of the Presidential AI Challenge, a White …
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